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¦M * Media, Del [aware L ^o. , Pa. April 17th, 1896^
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W. H. Siebert, 40 Shepard St., Cambridge, Mass Esteemed Friend.
Thy note of April 15th is at hand. I am engaged in preparing material for which the printers - are waiting, and cannot therefore give the extended replies which thy questions demand, but I will give thee the best information I can in the brief time at my command. In the first place 1 would say that William Still, Author of the "Underground Kailroad" published In 1872, and for many years in the Office of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia; and as Corresponding Secretary of the Vigilance Committee of^ that city, was more completely in touch with the active workers in that benevolent transfer company than any other person to whom thee could apply, ^e is still living in Philadelphia and through a Directory his address might be found. Perhaps the majority of those workers are now dead, and thy experience in collecting Information will soon teach thee that those who, at the time, had in reality the least to do with the work, are the most earnest In asserting their connection with

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¦M * Media, Del [aware L ^o. , Pa. April 17th, 1896^
r-' . ¦ •.-¦
W. H. Siebert, 40 Shepard St., Cambridge, Mass Esteemed Friend.
Thy note of April 15th is at hand. I am engaged in preparing material for which the printers - are waiting, and cannot therefore give the extended replies which thy questions demand, but I will give thee the best information I can in the brief time at my command. In the first place 1 would say that William Still, Author of the "Underground Kailroad" published In 1872, and for many years in the Office of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia; and as Corresponding Secretary of the Vigilance Committee of^ that city, was more completely in touch with the active workers in that benevolent transfer company than any other person to whom thee could apply, ^e is still living in Philadelphia and through a Directory his address might be found. Perhaps the majority of those workers are now dead, and thy experience in collecting Information will soon teach thee that those who, at the time, had in reality the least to do with the work, are the most earnest In asserting their connection with